I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 134 A New Mine

"Lord Alpha, the enemy has gathered nearly 5,000 people. This battle is not easy to fight!" Liad held the telescope in his hand, looking at the enemy in the distance, with a trace of worry in the corner of his eyes.

Since the enemy's cavalry increased to 3,000 two weeks ago, they began to blockade the Titanium City and launched small-scale raids, which made Alpha's wall reinforcement plan progress very slowly. In a month, the wall was only raised by three meters, and the current height is only eight meters.

"It looks like the decisive battle will take place in the next few days." After a month of relative peace, the size of the enemy has reached its peak. The continuous consumption is also enormous, and it is impossible for the enemy to continue to surround us without attacking.

"Lord Alpha, we will never admit defeat in this battle, and the South Gate will never fall into my hands." Before, Liad almost caused the city gate to be lost. Now he is reflecting deeply and will never slack off.

"No, hold on and defend it. If the city wall is destroyed, retreat to the inner city and rely on the environment in the city to resist layer by layer." During this period, Alpha also made preparations. Alpha set up countless small spaces in the city. Once the city wall was broken, the inner city defense could be used to resist.

"Remember, what I want are people, not a dead city. Our goal is to kill the enemy. If the city is lost but the people are still there, we can take it back again. If the city is still there but all the people are dead, then there will be nothing left." Alpha once again educated his troops.

Now, the Titanium Mine City has been defending for a month and a half, and the people outside have begun to take action. For Alpha, it is already a victory. Even if the Titanium Mine City is lost now, as long as the army returns in time, it will not be a problem to recapture the Titanium Mine City, provided that Alpha is not in danger.

"Lord Alpha, I will defend with all my strength." Before Liad finished speaking, the enemy had already begun to deploy troops.

"If we save the people but lose the land, both the people and the land will be saved; if we save the land but lose the people, both the people and the land will be lost. Everyone return to your respective defense areas and prepare for battle." Alpha's final instructions.

All the people in Titanium City have been recruited as soldiers. Except for a few weapons factories that are still in operation, the rest have joined the reserve. Alpha promised that after this war, all hostages and prisoners will be restored to civilian status, and it is voluntary to stay or go.

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"Lord Gorbachev, we have currently assembled 5,400 people, including 4,300 cavalry and 1,100 infantry. The enemy will undoubtedly lose this battle." Alangni, a peasant from the Orff family, said flatteringly.

"Lord Gorbachev, with so many troops gathered, the pressure on material supply is enormous. In recent days, many waves of enemies have attacked our food supplies. Although the losses are not great, it has placed a heavy burden on us. When will we attack the Titanium Mine City?" The quartermaster asked worriedly.

"We have to wait for one more day until all the support arrives and we can capture the Titanium City with overwhelming force," Gorbachev said. In fact, everything is for profit.

The distribution of benefits for this operation was calculated based on the number of troops sent out, and the time was set before the capture of the Titanium Mine City. As long as you arrived before the end of the battle and participated in the battle, you would get a share of the benefits. For Gorbachev, the Titanium Mine City was already in his pocket, and of course the more he occupied, the better.

The Arison family behind Gorbachev has already sent more than 1,500 knights to the battlefield. In addition, there are nearly 500 knights who are ready to go and rush here. However, if the war progresses too quickly, they may not be able to arrive in time, and there will be no benefit at all.

For this battle, the Allison and Orff families had put all their efforts into it. Allison dispatched 2,000 cavalry, and Orff also dispatched 1,000 cavalry, and another 300 infantry. If they were defeated, the forces of the two families on the grassland would be completely wiped out.

"Okay, Mr. Gorbachev, then we will fight tomorrow." The quartermaster got the answer and had to go back. Regardless of victory or defeat, fighting means death, and death means not needing so many military supplies. For the quartermaster, this might be a good thing.

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"Lord Rowling, the enemy has sent out another 500 people. What should we do now? Eat them?" Monkey and Dora respectively detected the knights gathering in the two mines.

"We will eat them up. Monkey, your special operations team will cooperate with the Makina Cavalry Battalion to occupy the other side's two mines. We will proceed simultaneously." Rowling's troops had just detected that the enemy's third wave of support teams had begun to gather knights, but they had disappeared. For this reason, Rowling could only choose to attack the enemy's iron ore city, but the enemy actually sent out the fourth wave of support.

"Okay, now the enemy's mine probably has no more than five hundred guards, and it is impossible for them to stop our attack." In fact, Monkey had already scouted the situation inside the enemy's mine, and had contacted the miners and hostages inside, ready to revolt at any time.

In this dark environment, these miners and hostages had long hated the bandits to their core. Now that they heard someone was trying to rescue them, they wanted to revolt immediately.

"I will contact the insiders now and they can create chaos at any time." Monkey has begun to prepare people to enter the mine.

That night, the special operations team led by Monkey and the large force pretended to attack the iron ore city. The large force had been making noise outside the city, but it was actually just a feint, leaving the special operations team to sneak into the mine.

"Sir, you are finally here."

"Brothers, we are finally here to rescue you. Everyone be quiet first. When the fight starts outside, we will give the bandits a surprise." Monkey now knows how to act according to the situation and will not act rashly.

"Okay, we all listen to you."

After the monkey and the miner's insider discussed countermeasures, they shouted to the outside: "Brothers, there are too many enemies outside. You can't defeat them at all. Just surrender."

When the bandits heard what was happening inside, they were shocked and confused. The enemy outside had not made any move yet, so how did the enemy get in?

"It's the miners and hostages inside!" Suddenly, the bandit seemed to understand something and his face changed drastically.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Led by the monkey, the hostages and miners quickly occupied the armory. After being equipped with weapons, the hostages and miners were instantly ignited with anger.

The bandits were few in number, and half of them were sent to suppress the subsequent riots, but with little success.

Just as the monkey was about to capture the city gate and let in the Makino cavalry, the enemy actually took the initiative to open the city gate and welcome the enemy into the city.

It turned out that the bandits defending the city knew they were no match for the enemy and would face no good consequences if they fell into the hands of the miners and hostages, so they surrendered to the enemies outside.

The monkey used the same trick again and led his troops to capture another iron mine. This battle was a great victory. Rowling's troops also wiped out the enemy's reinforcements, and no one escaped.

"Rowling, Lord Makina, I interrogated the surrendered bandits and learned that there is a mine here with more than a thousand troops stationed there, but no one has been dispatched so far." Monkey reported the situation to the two main generals.

"Shoot them down?" The monkey didn't know how to choose.

Because General Alpha only required to capture two mines, or at most three. Now all three targets have been determined, two have been captured, and the third has also been determined. However, this suddenly appeared mine was not in the plan, and the other party has not yet dispatched a single soldier, so that everyone has not found the address of this mine.

"We must take it down. This mine is located in the middle of three mines and poses a huge threat to us." Rowling realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Is it possible to withdraw from the third mine and focus on this one?" Makino acted cautiously, not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble by acting rashly.

"No, it took us a month of careful planning to take over these three mines. If we change the plan and attack here, wouldn't it be a loss?" Rowling was determined to win and wanted to take over all four mines.

"We can temporarily control these three mines. While using monkeys to collect intelligence, we can gather manpower and use spies to prepare to ask for help from the other side. If we can lure the other side out, it will be even better." Luo Lin knew that only what he really got could guarantee his own interests. Once the hidden mine was attacked, the third mine would be on guard, and he would inevitably lose something if he acted this way.

After weighing the pros and cons, everyone finally agreed to Rowling's proposal. Then they occupied three mines according to the previous plan and made further plans.

It is undeniable that Rowling's plan was successful, which was confirmed in less than a day. The monkey used the same trick again and successfully took over the third mine.

Three days later, the communication monkey brought new news: they found the location of the hidden mine on the grassland and had a general understanding of the situation in the city.

Rowling immediately decided to lead the army there, and sent some of his comrades to pretend to march to the fourth mine. At the same time, he sent the news back to the stronghold, asking the remaining troops to prepare to ambush the enemy's reinforcements.

At the same time, it was arranged that 300 supporting cavalrymen would be left at each of the three mines, and 300 miners and hostages would be assembled to form a 600-strong guard force to garrison the mines, with the rest serving as reserves to defend the mines.

Luo Lin led another thousand cavalrymen into battle. As for the lost cavalrymen, they could make up for them with the hostages, so there was no problem of personnel reduction. At the same time, supplies were also replenished. The remaining 400 cavalrymen were led by Makina to feint and attack the fourth mine. When they encountered the enemy reinforcements, they immediately fled.

On the morning of the fourth day, everyone was ready to go. The journey was not smooth and they encountered many obstacles along the way, but fortunately they did not suffer too many casualties and finally reached their destination.

However, the situation in the hidden mine was far less optimistic than the previous three mines. Because there were many bandits and guards outside, the structure inside the mine was similar to an underground library, with layers upon layers, extremely complex.

The people sent out to gather information have not returned yet.

As night fell, the situation became increasingly critical. If no action was taken, the enemy would be informed of their arrival.

"Monkey, do you know the situation inside?" Knowing nothing about the inside of the mine made Rowling anxious, like a blind man touching an elephant.

"The enemy's defense is impregnable and I can't infiltrate. I suspect there is something fishy about this mining area. I only know the situation on the ground, that there are five hundred cavalrymen, but the situation below is unclear." Monkey has tried his best.

"The enemy's request for support has been sent. Will they send reinforcements?" This is the question that Rowling is most concerned about.

"I'm afraid only God knows the answer to this question. The enemy has been keeping its troops in place and the mine is well defended. It's hard to estimate."